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Nurturing well-rounded athletes is core business, sports college head says, as campus gears up for forthcoming Olympics

While recommendations from latest inquiry largely duplicate changes already made, boosted staff and student representation would be a ‘massive win’

Low-paying disciplines dominated by women and people from disadvantaged backgrounds but more young men at risk of being ‘locked out’ entirely

One study wants a flat fee and another backs income-based tiers – but neither supports the status quo

Figures from multiple data sets suggest country will struggle to meet its accord target of 80 per cent tertiary participation

But medical and veterinary students should not be left out, postgraduate body insists

Lobbyists welcome streamlining and greater spread of competitive funding, but say opportunities for novice researchers will come at a cost for their established peers

Front foot action preferable to the compliance burden bound to follow the next round of bruising headlines, as sector awaits Royal Commission’s report

Course costs can be wound back without undue pain to students, universities or the government, under policy prescription

Anticipation of future happiness in host country more crucial to sense of belonging than social contact or development of language skills

Adelaide University is South ߣߣÊÓƵ’s second biggest employer and the country’s second biggest undergraduate recruiter. As such, its inaugural v-c is determined to steer the merged behemoth through its teething issues and Canberra’s turn against overseas recruitment. John Ross reports

Jobs on the side benefit students academically, as long as they do not overdo it, analysis suggests